I have always been a soldier. I have known no other life. So begins Alexander’s extraordinary confession on the eve of his greatest crisis of leadership. By turns heroic and calculating, compassionate and utterly merciless, Alexander recounts with a warrior’s unflinching eye for detail the blood, the terror, and the tactics of his greatest battlefield victories. Whether surviving his father’s brutal assassination, presiding over a massacre, or weeping at the death of a beloved comrade-in-arms, Alexander never denies the hard realities of the code by which he lives: the virtues of war. But as much as he was feared by his enemies, he was loved and revered by his friends, his generals, and the men who followed him into battle. Often outnumbered, never outfought, Alexander conquered every enemy the world stood against him—but the one he never saw coming.

" The Virtues of War provides quite a different perspective than the typical academic world history class -- for once, military strategy has become both interesting and understandable!

Now, I would love to see a similar book written from the perspective of Cleopatra...
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Matt | 1/2/2011

" Completely loved this book. Just outstanding, particularly for the period detail and the meticulous attention to the mechanics of the strategy and tactics of the era.
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James | 12/20/2010

" Tell you later. Not yet finished reading this fine novel about Alexander the Great's military exploits.
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Nahdi | 10/9/2010

" So far an interesting and educational book on a great historical figure. Good read, detailed, hardly any gay stuff (good!), great imagination.
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Rick | 10/1/2010

" Awesome book about ancient battle, from the viewpoint of one of history's most well known and greatest conquerers. Not that I love war, or anything, but I learned a lot from this historical fiction. Pressfield does his homework. I'll probably pick up another one of his books.
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